Holly & Justin | Great Falls wedding shoot photographs | Virginia

Holly and Justin celebrated their first wedding anniversary with - me! Ok, they had a real celebration and all, but exactly one year before we met up, they tied the knot in Virginia. The newlyweds and Pumpkin, their adorable tiny dog, and I met up on the first of what has turned out to be many frigid days. It was a lot of "jacket off!" click click click "jacket on!" Great-Falls-wedding-photographers-washington-dc-7Great-Falls-wedding-photographers-washington-dc-4Great-Falls-wedding-photographers-washington-dc-2Great-Falls-wedding-photographers-washington-dc-3Great-Falls-wedding-photographers-washington-dc-6 For those of you who are uninitiated, the Great Falls are indeed very great. I was also quite proud of my fellow DMV-area folks. It was damn cold that day but the park was packed to the gills with folks hiking and doing whatever else it is people do at parks. We also saw two other photographers doing portrait sessions. What can you do! Great-Falls-wedding-photographers-washington-dc-9 Most of the trees had given up the ghost, but we found a good one. Great-Falls-wedding-photographers-washington-dc-11Great-Falls-wedding-photographers-washington-dc-14Great-Falls-wedding-photographers-washington-dc-13 Congratulations, you guys!

Nancy, Ilan & Baby L | Washington DC maternity photography | Mt. Pleasant

Once upon a time, two lovely people met in Mt. Pleasant, fell in love, got married and had a baby. They made goofy faces at the baby, because goofy faces are this couple's particular forte. Sometimes the baby cried, but mostly she was very happy. And then they hired a brilliant photographer to take documentary family photos. The end. Ok, not the end. Not the beginning. Just somewhere in the very-good middle.washington-dc-documentary-newborn-photography-25 Baby L has a tiny tongue and little tiny toes. washington-dc-documentary-newborn-photography-2 And a tiny vajay - sorry future teenage Baby L! washington-dc-documentary-newborn-photography-3washington-dc-documentary-newborn-photography-4washington-dc-documentary-newborn-photography-5washington-dc-documentary-newborn-photography-7washington-dc-documentary-newborn-photography-8washington-dc-documentary-newborn-photography-9washington-dc-documentary-newborn-photography-10washington-dc-documentary-newborn-photography-11washington-dc-documentary-newborn-photography-12washington-dc-documentary-newborn-photography-13washington-dc-documentary-newborn-photography-15washington-dc-documentary-newborn-photography-16washington-dc-documentary-newborn-photography-18 Nancy and Ilan's house has amazing light. Everyone should get to live in a house with light like this. I fully anticipate they will do all future baby cuddling mushed into this corner of their kitchen. washington-dc-documentary-newborn-photography-20washington-dc-documentary-newborn-photography-21washington-dc-documentary-newborn-photography-22washington-dc-documentary-newborn-photography-24washington-dc-documentary-newborn-photography-26washington-dc-documentary-newborn-photography-27 Congratulations, you two.

Sultana & Mark | Peirce Mill engagement session | Washington, DC

Sultana and Mark have a secret. It's not that they're getting married. We romped up to Peirce Mill last week for their engagement session and took a spin through Rock Creek and whatever the other creek is that runs into it. Peirce Mill is a great little spot. And no one was there because it was about to rain. The secret is this: they're superheroes. Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-9Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-1Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-2Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-3Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-4Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-5Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-6Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-7Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-8Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-10 Their super-power? Making it not rain for exactly the amount of time we needed to do their photo shoot. Peirce-Mill-engagement-session-12 Congratulations, you guys!